Main Toolbar
See also: Studio_Main Menu, Introduction to the Studio, Studio Tree, Studio Preferences
The Main Toolbar is displayed at the top of the studio window:
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New |
Create a new project, folder or entity. A project will always be created at the top level of the workspace. Anything else will be created at the selected location. This same functionality is available by clicking File > New from the menu at the top of the studio or right clicking in the tree. Click here for a summary of the different entities that you can create. |
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Save (Ctrl S) |
Saves the entity currently being edited. This icon is blue when the entity has been changed but not yet saved, and grey when no changes exist. |
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Save all (Ctrl Shift S) |
Saves all open entities that have been changed |
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Quick Search (Ctrl Q) |
Shows the Quick Search Panel which is very useful for quickly locating items in the tree. This dialog searches the item names in the tree; use Search Files (next item) to search inside the files. This same functionality is available by clicking Tools > Quick Search from the menu at the top of the studio. |
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Search Files (Alt Ctrl F) |
Shows the Search Files Panel which searches the contents of entities within the tree. This same functionality is available by clicking Tools > Search Files from the menu at the top of the studio. |
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Link with editor |
The tree panel is synchronized with the editor panel. The tree opens to display the element currently being edited. |
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Backwards icon |
Clicking this icon navigates backwards through the stack of open entity editors |
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Backwards history |
Shows a list of available entity editors in the backwards history stack |
Forwards icon |
Clicking this icon navigates forwards through the stack of open entity editors |
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Forwards history |
Shows a list of available entity editors in the forwards history stack |
Test (Ctrl R) |
Test (runs) the current entity – this is only enabled when the entity is runnable. When a form is tested and has parameters, or if option Display options panel when launching forms is selected in the Studio preferences, the run form dialog is displayed. This dialog supports: · Setting values for parameters (form fields configured as URL parameters) · Selecting language · Selecting browser |
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Test history |
Shows a list of recently tested entities |
Deploy |
Deploy selected entities to the selected target server. A list of potential target servers is shown in a dropdown with cloud servers shown with a icon and non-cloud servers shown with a icon. Click here for more details. |
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Run on Server |
Runs the selected entity on a target server. A list of potential target servers is shown in a dropdown with cloud servers shown with a icon and non-cloud servers shown with a icon. |
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Deploy and Run |
Deploys the selected entity and any other entities which it needs to run e.g. linked scripts, to the selected target server then runs the selected entity. A list of potential target servers is shown in a dropdown with cloud servers shown with a icon and non-cloud servers shown with a icon. |
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Documentation |
Allows documentation to be maintained for the entity. |
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Information |
Created and last updated information. |
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Help (F1) |
Displays the help documentation for the current entity. |
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Manage Server Menu |
Only one of these two icons is shown Test server is running Test server is not running Clicking on the icon displays a dropdown menu with the following functions. The functions available depend on whether the test server is the Embedded Server built into the studio or an external server – this option is configured in Studio Preferences. · Start Embedded Test Server: only available for the Embedded Server · Stop Embedded Test Server: only available for the Embedded Server · Restart Embedded Test Server: only available for the Embedded Server. Stops and restarts the server. · Show Server Log (Ctrl Shift L): only available for the Integrated Server. Shows the application server log. · Start Server Admin App (Ctrl Shift A): Starts the Server Administration Application in the browser |